Battle of Lipany

The Battle of Lipany occurred on 30 May 1434 during the Hussite Wars. In the decisive battle of the war, the moderate Ultraquists and their Catholic allies defeated the radical Taborites near Cesky Brod, pacifying Bohemia under the Holy Roman Empire's rule while also ensuring that the Hussites would be granted religious freedom.

Background
From 1431 to 1435, the Hussites assisted Poland against the Teutonic Order, reaching the Baltic Sea during a 1433 raid and forcing the Teutonic Order to start negotiations with the King of Poland. Defeating the Hussites became one of the central issues within the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire, and, in 1433, the Hussites were invited to the Council of Basel. The moderate Ultraquists reconciled with the church and were allowed to continue practicing their rites, but the radical Taborites rejected the peace, leading to civil war.

Battle
In May of 1434, the Taborite and Ultraquist armies met near Cesky Brod at the hill of Lipany. Nearly all of the Czech army was a part of the Ultraquist army under Divis Borek of Miletinek, who had 14,300 troops; the Taborite army under Prokop the Grat had 10,700 troops. Prokop fortified the hill with wagons and trenches, while his left flank was covered by a small river. The two sides attemtped to negotiate for a few days, but the talks fell through before the battle started on 30 May. The Ultraquists stayed beyond the range of the Taborite artillery before ordering his wagons forward after an artillery bombardment. The Taborites inflicted some damage on the attackers with their artillery, while the Ultraquist cannon - shooting uphill - failed to fire effectively. Divis Borek responded by ordering a retreat, and Prokop then ordered a counterattack. His soldiers cleared away their wagon defenses in order to pursue the Ultraquists, but the Ultraquist wagons halted and opened fire on the Taborites, forcing their cavalry to flee; they were massacred by the Ultraquist cavalry. The Ultraquist cavalry prevented the Taborites from forming wagon forts, and Prokop was killed and his army destroyed. The Taborites lost more than 3,000 troops, and, while they continued fighting for a few more years, the war was over. In 1436, Sigismund was restored to the throne of Bohemia, while the Ultraquists were allowed to worship in their own fashion.